ate a bowl of cereal and drove the 4 minutes from my parents house to race site. They had changed the position of the transition area a little but I still got there around 6:50. Yesterday , while my kids were doing the kids triathlon , they announced that the water temp was 81 degrees. This morning as I was racking my bike they said it was 77* degrees. I could have rushed back to the car to get the wetsuit but didnt. This race is normally not wetsuit legal so I didnt want a time that I couldnt compare to my previous results. If my kids could handle it , then I could.

Event warmup:

Not much. My wave is the absolute last wave. Race started at 7:30 AM with sprints and the M0-39 wave went off around 8:00AM. Just stood around sipping on water.

Swim

29m 46s

1640 yards

01m 49s / 100 yards

Comments:

At least half of the wave had wetsuits. I started at the front and was in front for about 200 yards then I was engulfed and passed by a sea of black neoprene. I felt fine as far as my stroke but I was all zig zaggy. I couldnt seem to swim straight. I swam this race in about 26 minutes last year. My swim volume is way down but I think it was my direction that killed me. The overall winner went 19 minutes last year and 19 again this year so I think the course length was correct. This was just a bad swim magnified by the fact many people had wetsuits on vs none last year.

What would you do differently?:

get off my high horse and wear a wet suit and HR monitor and a garmin (just kidding - how about swim straight)

Transition 1

01m 28s

Comments:

transition was moved a little this year. It was a little further from the beach. It also had a 0.25 mile section of bike out with no passing allowed.

What would you do differently?:

nothing went fine

Bike

1h 07m 46s

24.85 miles

22.00 mile/hr

Comments:

was shooting for last year's record of 21mph. I wasnt really expecting 22mph. I will take the PR but I am not too sure about it. The course was changed slightly to take into account a local golf tourney. I had ripped my bike computer off my bike a week before so I dont know if the course measured true. My age group was the last wave. As such I had plenty of draft legal chances on the out leg. I just kept hearing Cal Naughton, Jr cackling " Slingshot" and Ricky Bobby saying "Slingshot engaged". I had plenty of people to ride up on , draft legally and whip around. The whole first half of the course was into the wind so it helped cut the wind a bit. The people had thinned out a bit on the back end. Overall it was nice a cool and I felt good the whole way.

What would you do differently?:

Cant say too much since I did set a PR. The overall winner posted a 25mph last year. He nailed 27mph this year so I think conditions (course length/wind) were very good.

Transition 2

01m 20s

Comments:

didnt do a flying dismount because I hadnt practiced it.

Run

47m 4s

6.21 miles

07m 35s min/mile

Comments:

on the bright side this was the fastest I have gone this year in the Olympic distance. I was felt really good until about 4 miles but then just felt slow after that point. Did not finish well. The down side is that this is slower than I ran last year.

What would you do differently?:

Not much , didnt drink or eat anything on the run course. Maybe a gel around mile one might help me finished better.

Post race

Warm down:

drank a few beers at the beer truck ( hope you enjoy your Heed and water at your race cause this is better )

What limited your ability to perform faster:

my piggishness about wearing a wetsuit at this race. Could have smashed my PR at the OLY distance. I developed a cold which stopped all training (and sleeping) on Thursday. Also packed for vacation at the same time. Kinda stressful right up until race time. Did not know if I could do the race until Sunday AM. Overall considering the cold and low bike and swim training I was only off my PR at this distance (also set at this race ) by 10 seconds. Cant complain too much.

Event comments:

USAT Mideast Qualifier - Some really fast people ( multiple folks under 2 hours ) , very organized ( they will penalize you if you dont have your bike racked properly ) , draft officials on the course , a beer truck , catered awards lunch if you stick around.

Last updated: 2012-07-09 12:00 AM

Swimming

00:29:46
|
1640 yards |
01m 49s / 100yards

Age Group:

10/31

Overall:

31/320

Performance:

Below average

Suit:

trishorts

Course:

big rectangle around Olander lake

Start type:

Run

Plus:

Waves

Water temp:

0F / 0C

Current:

200M Perf.

Average

Remainder:

Below average

Breathing:

Drafting:

Waves:

Navigation:

Below average

Rounding:

T1

Time:

01:28

Performance:

Average

Cap removal:

Good

Helmet on/
Suit off:

Wetsuit stuck?

Run with bike:

Yes

Jump on bike:

Yes

Getting up to speed:

Biking

01:07:46
|
24.85 miles |
22.00 mile/hr

Age Group:

13/31

Overall:

105/320

Performance:

Good

Wind:

Course:

skinny rectangle with long legs running west first (into wind) and then east (with wind) to finish